Head Coach - Brandie Murrish
Brandie Murrish enters her fourth season at the helm of the Sierra College Women’s Basketball team with a roster filled with sophomore experience, promising newcomers and an undeniable goal of returning to the Elite Eight. Last year’s freshmen-dominated team finished 23-11 overall and shared the Big 8 championship. A frustrating road loss to Fresno City College in the NorCal Regional Finals – a game in which the Wolverines led and could have won – left Sierra with unfinished business and a sense of purpose for the 2009-2010 season.
Under her guidance the last four years, the team has an overall record of 82-23, with the highlight being the 2006-2007 campaign in which the team finished 2nd in the California Community College State Tournament with an overall record of 32-5. As a result, her peers voted her 2006-2007 Coach of the Year – North Region.
Prior to her position at Sierra College, Coach Murrish guided Bishop Alemany High School, a premier Catholic High School in Southern California, to the CIF Division Finals and was awarded the 2005-2006 CIF Southern Section Coach of the Year honors. From 1998-2000, Coach Murrish was an Assistant Coach at her alma mater, California Lutheran University. During that time, her teams won the SCIAC championship and finished in the NCAA 2nd round.
As a student-athlete at Butte College, Coach Murrish earned the title of Butte County Sophomore Athlete of the Year. Later as a student-athlete at California Lutheran University, she earned 1st Team All-Conference honors.
Her educational experience includes two Masters Degrees; one in Education, Instructional Technology from Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona and a Master’s of Science in Kinesiology from California State University, Northridge.
e-mail: bmurrish@sierracollege.edu Office: Rocklin Campus
Scott Pisik is entering his 2nd year as an assistant for the Women’s basketball team, and his 19th overall. Scott’s playing career began at Hartnell College (1988-1990) and wrapped up at Colorado Christian University (1990-1992). From there he was a Head coach at Watsonville High (1992-1994) and later returned to assist Hartnell College (1994-1998) and help lead the team to back to back Final Four appearances. Scott’s most recent coaching duties were at William Jessup University, where he guided the squad to their best record since the campus opened. During the summer Scott is an Assistant Director for NBC Camps which are held throughout the North West.